THE WORKING PLAN FOB THE ANKOLA HIGH FORESTS OF 

 THE WESTERN DIVISION OF NORTH KA'NARA DISTRICT. 



BLOCKS 2X1 V AND XXV. 

 INTRODUCTION. 



The data on which the following plan is based were collected during the 

 months of March and part of April 1907, when work 

 had to be stopped owing to the staff being much 



reduced by sickness ; it was started again on the 1st December 1907 and com- 

 pleted by the end of May 1908. 



Mr. P. E. Aitchison was in charge of the work during March and April 



1907, while the writer of this Report carried on the 

 >mployed. work from December 1907 to May 1908. The 

 establishment employed consisted of 5 Surveyors, of whom three were in charge 

 of the enumeration parties ; one was employed on internal demarcation ; and 

 one on the survey and demarcation of the outer boundaries. Two and at times 

 three complete enumerating parties were employed, each consisting of one 

 recorder, five enumerators and eighteen coolies : 



Us, a. p. 



Cost of Field Work ... ... ... 13,5521211 



Pay and Travelling Allowance of Superior Officer ... 6,380 5 5 



Pay and Travelling Allowance of Office Establishment ... 294 1 2 



Pay of Surveyors, Head Clerk and Travelling Allowance. 1,749 14 6 



Pay of Coolies for Enumeration, Survey and line cutting. 6,731 11 9 



Miscellaneous ... ... ... ... 396 12 1 



Grand Total ... Rs. 13,552 12 11 



In the above the pay of the Superior Officer and office establishment is 

 given for the time spent on the field work only. The cost per square mile works 

 out to Rs. 188 annas 3 pies 0. 



PART I. 



SUMMARY OF THE FArrrs ON WHICH THE PROPOSALS ABE BASED. 

 A. Description of the tract dealt with. 



1. This plan has been prepared for what is known as the " Ankola High 



Forests." These are situated in the east of the Ankola 

 Name and situation. . . 



laluka, in the upper reaches of the valley formed by 

 the Gangavali River, the centre of the area being some 30 miles from the sea 



coast. 



Boundaries of the Working Circle. 



2. North and South. The north and south boundaries are not formed for 

 the most part by any natural lines, but have been fixed and demarcated so as to 

 divide, as far as possible, the deciduous from the ever-green forests. This line 

 as a rule does not extend above the 1,000 feet contour line. 



East. The area dealt with is a continuation of the tract already organised 

 under the Arbail Slopes Working Plan, so that the west boundaries of Arbail 

 Plan and the east boundaries of the area now organised are identical. 



West. The west boundary north of the Gangavali River runs from the 

 P. W. D. bridge crossing the Handimadi Nalla, along the western slopes of the 

 Marugudda Valley, dividing the deciduous from the ever-green forest, while the 



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